
Scripted by Aussie swimming champ Tony Fingleton from his own autobiography, this drama gets by on the compelling relationship between his parents: alcoholic bastard Harold (Geoffrey Rush) and his fiesty wife Dora (Judy Davis). There's passion and affection there - - Rush creates a gloriously charismatic monster - - but the relationship dances along the brink of violent meltdown.
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